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Living with the B.C. wildfires, and other amazing photos from the week - Macleans.ca

Wes Gerwien, 28, looks out a window of his family home that was covered in fire retardant in Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada July 18, 2017. Residents of the town were forced to evacuate 11 days ago and can now return to their homes. Read the remarkable story of one woman’s terror, agony and a new beginning in fire-scarred B.C.

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Wes Gerwien, 28, looks out a window of his family home that was covered in fire retardant in Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada July 18, 2017. Residents of the town were forced to evacuate 11 days ago and can now return to their homes. Read the remarkable story of one woman’s terror, agony and a new beginning in fire-scarred B.C.

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A woman day labourer holds her baby beside a construction site in New Delhi, India, July 20, 2017.

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A Palestinian woman attends a demonstration against the siege of Gaza and in solidarity with Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Gaza City on July 18, 2017.

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Workers lay alumina particles inside an air treatment facility at an oxygen production plant in Ma’anshan, Anhui province, China July 19, 2017.

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The People’s Republic of Korea practice ahead of the Synchronised Swimming Team Technical, preliminary round on day three of the Budapest 2017 FINA World Championships on July 16, 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.

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Ntando Mahlangu of South Africa falls during a heat of the men’s 100 metre T42 at the IAAF World ParaAthletics Championships in London, England on July 17, 2017.

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during the British Grand Prix at Silverston on July 16, 2017.

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A member of the Royal Malaysian Police Special Tactical Unit takes part in a drill to prepare for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games at KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Kuala Lumpur will be the host city of the 29th SEA Games and the 9th ASEAN Para Games on Aug. 19-30.

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Izabayo, 13 years old, leaves the boat where he spent the night with 10 other fishermen after another fishing night at Lake Kivu on July 17, 2017.Izabayo has worked with the fishermen since he was 8 years old.

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NATO paratroopers drop out of a US Air Force Hercules during the ‘Swift Response 17’ joint airborn military exercise at Bezmer airfield near the village of Bezmer on July 18, 2017. The US led ‘Swift Response 17’ airborne exercise, part of the multinational ‘Saber Guardian 2017’ exercise, involves up to 1,600 soldiers from the United States, Canada, Italy, Portugal and Greece.

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Fretilin party supporters participate in an election campaign rally in Dili, East Timor on July 19, 2017. East Timor’s parliamentary election will take place on July 22.

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A farmer from the southern state of Tamil Nadu displays a skull, who he claims are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding good rates for their crops and crop Insurance scheme from the government, in New Delhi, India July 17, 2017.

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Belgian researcher Jeroen Schuermans holds a human brain, part of a collection of more than 3,000 brains that could provide insight into psychiatric diseases, at the psychiatric hospital in Duffel, Belgium, July 19, 2017. Are we on the cusp of a revolution in how we understand the brain?

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Boys play under an overflowing dam along Powai Lake after heavy rains in Mumbai, India July 20, 2017.

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